The Customs and Border Protection (CBP) introduced a mobile application in Oct. 2020 and conducted a privacy impact assessment to help address privacy risks associated with the use of the CBP One app. CBP One seeks to serve as a single portal to various services offered by the agency and is designed for use by travelers, brokers, importers, carriers and international organizations.
Read More »Army Begins Dev’t of Mobile App for Squad Leaders
The U.S. Army has started the development of a mobile application that aims to help leaders manage daily tasks and connect with squad members. The team will collaborate with the Army Futures Command to study various approaches for counseling, sponsorship and training management.
Read More »Ryan Vega: VA Harnesses AI, Other Emerging Tech to Improve Veteran Care
Ryan Vega, executive director of the Veterans Health Administration Innovation Ecosystem, said the Department of Veterans Affairs harnessed artificial intelligence and other cutting-edge technologies in 2019 to improve the delivery of health services to military retirees, Nextgov reported Thursday.
Read More »VA Unveils Resource App for Veterans, Caregivers; Robert Wilkie Quoted
The Department of Veterans Affairs has introduced a smartphone application that works to organize and streamline healthcare resources into a unified location for veterans and caregivers. The Launchpad for Veterans suite will enable users to access VA apps from five different categories namely mental health improvement, health care team communication, vital health information sharing and quality of life improvement, the agency said Monday.
Read More »Defense Agency Aims to Protect Mobile Apps Through Program
The Defense Information Systems Agency program management office for the DoD Mobility Unclassified Capability program handles the security of mobile devices and applications to protect them from cyber attacks.
Read More »NGA Releases GEOINT App for Govt Users on Apple App Store, Google Play
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has launched its latest application on the Apple‘s App Store and the Google Play Store in an effort to help authorized government user access unclassified geospatial intelligence through mobile devices. NGA said Friday its Tearline app is accessible to the intelligence community, Defense Department, allies and academic and private sector …
Read More »Navy Rolls Out Enterprise-Wide Healthcare Resource App
The U.S. Navy‘s medical organization has released a mobile application designed to offer sailors, marines and their families information about the locations of military treatment facilities and available healthcare services. The app is designed to also help users access Defense Department hotlines, the RelayHealth patient-doctor communications service and links to Navy Medicine’s social media and health resources, …
Read More »LaVerne Council Highlights VA IT Transformation Achievements
LaVerne Council, chief information officer at the Department of Veterans Affairs, discussed three key objectives that guide VA’s information technology transformation efforts in a blog entry posted Monday She said that VA’s office of information and technology has worked to stabilize and streamline core processes and platforms; address material weaknesses; and institutionalize new functions to boost outcomes. …
Read More »Howard Shelanski: White House Releases Mobile App for Regulatory Status Check
The White House has unveiled a mobile application designed to help people view information about the status of agency regulations via the federal government’s RegInfo website. Howard Shelanski, administrator of the White House’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, wrote in a blog post published Wednesday that the RegInfo Mobile app is available for both Android …
Read More »Army Seeks to Facilitate Mobile Apps Deployment Through Vetting Software
The U.S. Army has started to use new software designed to evaluate mobile applications in an effort to ensure that such apps meet government security standards and other requirements, the Army reported Friday. “With this new vetting software, we can expedite getting proponent-approved and cyber-secure mobile apps to the force,” …
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